U. Southern California

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2021 | 35 | 8.5 | 448 | 3 | 1.3 | 691 | 58 | 10.7 | 583 | 28 | 3.9 | 909 |
2020 | 32 | 7.8 | 450 | 3 | 1.3 | 697 | 27 | 3.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 25 | 6.3 | 447 | 3 | 1.3 | 696 | 59 | 10.8 | 589 | 27 | 3.8 | 913 |
2018 | 30 | 7.7 | 428 | 5 | 1.6 | 698 | 23 | 3.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 30 | 7.8 | 425 | 5 | 1.6 | 684 | 63 | 11.7 | 575 | 27 | 3.9 | 897 |
2016 | 26 | 6.8 | 430 | 2 | 1.1 | 697 | 30 | 4.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 31 | 8 | 426 | 2 | 1.1 | 693 | 60 | 11.3 | 570 | 28 | 4 | 897 |
2014 | 35 | 9 | 422 | 1 | 1 | 688 | 27 | 3.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 32 | 8.4 | 417 | 1 | 1 | 555 | 54 | 9.9 | 588 | 29 | 4.1 | 884 |
2012 | 26 | 7 | 412 | 1 | 1 | 555 | 30 | 4.2 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 397 | 437 | 494 | 435 | 460 | 490 | 452 | 431 | 449 | 445 |
Science and engineering | 325 | 372 | 406 | 345 | 366 | 393 | 343 | 343 | 346 | 349 |
Science | 226 | 249 | 275 | 229 | 259 | 264 | 225 | 252 | 242 | 219 |
Life science | 82 | 102 | 97 | 90 | 107 | 102 | 90 | 91 | 99 | 86 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 57 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 86 | 83 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 67 |
Health sciences | 25 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 19 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 48 | 54 | 52 | 40 | 51 | 52 | 34 | 58 | 41 | 34 |
Chemistry | 25 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 10 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 14 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 13 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 34 | 43 | 66 | 46 | 33 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 34 |
Computer sciences | 24 | 33 | 49 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 22 |
Mathematics | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Psychology and social sciences | 62 | 50 | 60 | 53 | 68 | 71 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 65 |
Psychology | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 24 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Economics | 18 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Political science and government | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 25 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 27 |
Engineering | 99 | 123 | 131 | 116 | 107 | 129 | 118 | 91 | 104 | 130 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 |
Chemical engineering | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
Electrical engineering | 37 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 33 | 23 | 47 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Other engineering | 15 | 22 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 22 |
Non-science and engineering | 72 | 65 | 88 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 109 | 88 | 103 | 96 |
Education | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Education administration | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
Education research | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other education | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 28 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 54 | 39 | 59 | 52 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
History | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Letters | 11 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 19 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 23 |
Other | 37 | 33 | 40 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 41 |
Business management/administration | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
Communication | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 21 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 9,267 | 6,919 | 7,697 | 6,468 | 6,412 | 7,125 | 6,816 | 6,567 | 6,495 | 6,313 |
Male | 5,246 | 3,954 | 4,468 | 3,723 | 3,769 | 3,930 | 3,807 | 3,682 | 3,704 | 3,589 |
Female | 4,021 | 2,965 | 3,229 | 2,745 | 2,643 | 3,195 | 3,009 | 2,885 | 2,791 | 2,724 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 3,726 | 2,709 | 2,589 | 2,285 | 2,240 | 2,655 | 2,619 | 2,502 | 2,480 | 2,652 |
Hispanic or Latino | 586 | 425 | 370 | 332 | 338 | 372 | 351 | 325 | 347 | 355 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 3,043 | 2,199 | 2,136 | 1,857 | 1,807 | 2,164 | 2,192 | 2,098 | 2,032 | 2,164 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Asian | 1,157 | 743 | 691 | 585 | 566 | 706 | 655 | 584 | 575 | 575 |
Black or African American | 205 | 132 | 139 | 128 | 110 | 190 | 164 | 140 | 139 | 152 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
White | 1,441 | 1,174 | 1,161 | 1,052 | 1,035 | 1,232 | 1,276 | 1,294 | 1,248 | 1,344 |
More than one race | 217 | 128 | 120 | 75 | 80 | 6 | 82 | 70 | 60 | 76 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 97 | 85 | 83 | 96 | 95 | 119 | 76 | 79 | 101 | 133 |
Temporary visa holders | 5,541 | 4,210 | 5,108 | 4,183 | 4,172 | 4,470 | 4,197 | 4,065 | 4,015 | 3,661 |
Science and engineering | 8,463 | 6,312 | 7,071 | 5,892 | 5,880 | 6,589 | 6,300 | 6,186 | 6,100 | 5,907 |
Science | 6,267 | 4,552 | 4,870 | 3,739 | 3,625 | 4,457 | 4,071 | 3,899 | 3,731 | 3,690 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,060 | 700 | 693 | 626 | 537 | 440 | 501 | 521 | 496 | 521 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 503 | 504 | 563 | 532 | 476 |
Computer and information sciences | 2,731 | 1,988 | 2,349 | 1,432 | 1,426 | 1,418 | 1,263 | 1,054 | 930 | 746 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 109 | 102 | 99 | 90 | 100 | 92 | 92 | 94 | 103 | 104 |
Mathematics and statistics | 385 | 128 | 155 | 145 | 153 | 153 | 133 | 118 | 128 | 126 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 403 | 315 | 310 | 378 | 386 | 233 | 167 | 129 | 110 | 91 |
Natural resources and conservation | 60 | 10 | 7 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 98 | 115 | 95 | 108 | 109 |
Physical sciences | 324 | 316 | 322 | 254 | 243 | 239 | 245 | 234 | 219 | 213 |
Psychology | 261 | 220 | 225 | 205 | 139 | 162 | 73 | 81 | 78 | 87 |
Social sciences | 934 | 773 | 710 | 609 | 641 | 1,118 | 974 | 1,005 | 1,018 | 1,213 |
Engineering | 2,196 | 1,760 | 2,201 | 2,153 | 2,255 | 2,132 | 2,229 | 2,287 | 2,369 | 2,217 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 151 | 110 | 70 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 39 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 169 | 150 | 169 | 163 | 200 | 185 | 202 | 201 | 216 | 192 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 118 | 117 | 144 | 268 | 328 | 361 | 342 | 392 | 325 | 314 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 159 | 167 | 212 | 186 | 226 | 196 | 220 | 211 | 181 | 236 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 963 | 728 | 1,040 | 1,084 | 1,042 | 944 | 961 | 991 | 1,102 | 982 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 162 | 95 | 94 | 177 | 180 | 182 | 221 | 222 | 238 | 219 |
Mechanical engineering | 207 | 178 | 215 | 208 | 214 | 199 | 215 | 209 | 237 | 223 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 26 | 32 | 40 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 241 | 183 | 217 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 12 |
Health | 804 | 607 | 626 | 576 | 532 | 536 | 516 | 381 | 395 | 406 |
Clinical medicine | 563 | 330 | 316 | 286 | 295 | 314 | 299 | 159 | 194 | 206 |
Other health | 241 | 277 | 310 | 290 | 237 | 222 | 217 | 222 | 201 | 200 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 2,498 | 2,201 | 2,059 | 1,825 | 1,960 | 2,246 | 2,197 | 2,419 | 2,124 | 1,916 |
Male | 1,509 | 1,381 | 1,321 | 1,148 | 1,259 | 1,346 | 1,363 | 1,575 | 1,426 | 1,268 |
Female | 989 | 820 | 738 | 677 | 701 | 900 | 834 | 844 | 698 | 648 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,587 | 1,095 | 1,008 | 918 | 953 | 1,346 | 1,197 | 1,263 | 1,199 | 1,186 |
Hispanic or Latino | 294 | 188 | 168 | 123 | 149 | 217 | 170 | 182 | 155 | 182 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,225 | 867 | 783 | 743 | 748 | 1,057 | 969 | 1,033 | 1,003 | 959 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 441 | 271 | 223 | 209 | 233 | 318 | 266 | 275 | 262 | 258 |
Black or African American | 86 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 42 | 119 | 71 | 73 | 60 | 62 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
White | 601 | 484 | 458 | 441 | 437 | 605 | 588 | 642 | 631 | 604 |
More than one race | 87 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 44 | 31 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 68 | 40 | 57 | 52 | 56 | 72 | 58 | 48 | 41 | 45 |
Temporary visa holders | 911 | 1,106 | 1,051 | 907 | 1,007 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,156 | 925 | 730 |
Science and engineering | 2,237 | 2,036 | 1,879 | 1,671 | 1,780 | 2,082 | 2,030 | 2,237 | 1,982 | 1,802 |
Science | 1,148 | 1,019 | 775 | 486 | 532 | 920 | 847 | 911 | 722 | 777 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 52 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 144 | 149 | 125 | 64 | 78 |
Computer and information sciences | 732 | 666 | 536 | 285 | 345 | 310 | 396 | 470 | 352 | 318 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 92 | 66 | 94 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 59 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Psychology | 30 | 22 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 225 | 225 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 326 | 196 | 225 | 208 | 291 |
Engineering | 1,089 | 1,017 | 1,104 | 1,185 | 1,248 | 1,162 | 1,183 | 1,326 | 1,260 | 1,025 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 270 | 200 | 109 | 152 | 157 | 161 | 99 | 91 | 81 | 78 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 44 | 29 | 27 | 47 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 69 | 56 | 49 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 17 | 15 | 37 | 102 | 154 | 136 | 155 | 131 | 141 | 90 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 29 | 29 | 61 | 80 | 102 | 76 | 78 | 87 | 78 | 89 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 331 | 454 | 446 | 531 | 488 | 450 | 445 | 549 | 501 | 401 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 111 | 57 | 75 | 79 | 100 | 95 | 140 | 167 | 195 | 112 |
Mechanical engineering | 133 | 120 | 196 | 186 | 195 | 191 | 204 | 218 | 196 | 183 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 11 | 9 | 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 143 | 104 | 131 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 23 |
Health | 261 | 165 | 180 | 154 | 180 | 164 | 167 | 182 | 142 | 114 |
Clinical medicine | 158 | 65 | 75 | 72 | 60 | 36 | 22 | 36 | 26 | 51 |
Other health | 103 | 100 | 105 | 82 | 120 | 128 | 145 | 146 | 116 | 63 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 799 | 752 | 716 | 682 | 782 | 695 | 720 | 828 | 825 | 713 |
Science and engineering | 766 | 721 | 664 | 630 | 741 | 652 | 686 | 803 | 794 | 674 |
Science | 454 | 442 | 446 | 393 | 494 | 401 | 456 | 521 | 520 | 444 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 180 | 182 | 158 | 122 | 210 | 129 | 164 | 216 | 210 | 212 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 120 | 123 | 135 | 156 | 125 | 100 | 114 | 131 | 125 | 66 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 32 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 27 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 41 | 48 | 52 | 58 | 54 |
Psychology | 8 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 |
Physical sciences | 89 | 76 | 93 | 67 | 90 | 64 | 60 | 46 | 70 | 48 |
Social sciences | 23 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 12 |
Engineering | 312 | 279 | 218 | 237 | 247 | 251 | 230 | 282 | 274 | 230 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 39 | 31 | 44 | 61 | 53 | 37 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 19 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 51 | 38 | 35 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 32 | 26 | 23 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 216 | 200 | 133 | 127 | 99 | 115 | 118 | 113 | 129 | 105 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 21 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 19 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Health | 33 | 31 | 52 | 52 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 25 | 31 | 39 |
Clinical medicine | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
Other health | 25 | 28 | 47 | 35 | 27 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 25 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 9,267 | 6,919 | 7,697 | 6,468 | 6,412 | 7,125 | 6,816 | 6,567 | 6,495 | 6,313 |
Fellowships | 594 | 590 | 689 | 624 | 563 | 595 | 632 | 522 | 510 | 796 |
Federal | 80 | 76 | 111 | 96 | 85 | 90 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 72 |
Institutional | 485 | 471 | 501 | 471 | 435 | 463 | 508 | 409 | 400 | 689 |
Nonfederal | 29 | 43 | 77 | 57 | 43 | 42 | 54 | 42 | 44 | 35 |
Research assistantships | 1,416 | 1,232 | 1,177 | 1,098 | 1,015 | 1,032 | 1,024 | 1,098 | 1,156 | 1,101 |
Federal | 690 | 635 | 576 | 575 | 676 | 591 | 640 | 732 | 742 | 616 |
Institutional | 637 | 512 | 496 | 426 | 209 | 313 | 280 | 279 | 263 | 268 |
Nonfederal | 89 | 85 | 105 | 97 | 130 | 128 | 104 | 87 | 151 | 217 |
Teaching assistantships | 662 | 665 | 673 | 631 | 724 | 713 | 708 | 710 | 658 | 741 |
Federal | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 655 | 656 | 659 | 628 | 723 | 708 | 688 | 710 | 655 | 738 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Other types of support | 6,595 | 4,432 | 5,158 | 4,115 | 4,110 | 4,785 | 4,452 | 4,237 | 4,171 | 3,675 |
Federal | 29 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 17 | 25 |
Institutional | 199 | 116 | 108 | 96 | 139 | 255 | 331 | 295 | 276 | 132 |
Nonfederal | 67 | 64 | 29 | 90 | 46 | 20 | 27 | 44 | 28 | 157 |
Personal resources | 6,300 | 4,218 | 5,005 | 3,918 | 3,904 | 4,496 | 4,084 | 3,873 | 3,850 | 3,361 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 291 | 274 | 286 | 287 | 304 | 276 | 280 | 296 | 306 | 306 |
Science | 233 | 207 | 229 | 238 | 250 | 226 | 239 | 241 | 255 | 247 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 114 | 103 | 123 | 126 | 139 | 108 | 116 | 99 | 107 | 88 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 23 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 23 |
Mathematics and statistics | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 15 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 11 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 39 | 35 | 37 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 51 | 51 |
Psychology | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 |
Social sciences | 13 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
Engineering | 58 | 67 | 57 | 49 | 54 | 50 | 41 | 55 | 51 | 59 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 29 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 148 | 166 | 170 | 172 | 148 | 173 | 195 | 184 | 180 | 200 |
Clinical medicine | 131 | 143 | 150 | 145 | 130 | 157 | 179 | 175 | 171 | 180 |
Other health | 17 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 270 | 252 | 266 | 243 | 253 | 229 | 221 | 234 | 249 | 257 |
Science and engineering | 184 | 166 | 189 | 180 | 196 | 174 | 159 | 174 | 204 | 197 |
Science | 147 | 128 | 152 | 151 | 167 | 142 | 143 | 138 | 171 | 154 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 103 | 81 | 93 | 78 | 100 | 69 | 73 | 53 | 66 | 49 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 13 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 24 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 27 |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Engineering | 37 | 38 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 16 | 36 | 33 | 43 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 23 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 86 | 86 | 77 | 63 | 57 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 45 | 60 |
Clinical medicine | 75 | 71 | 62 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 57 | 54 | 43 | 53 |
Other health | 11 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 955,565 | 941,198 | 909,683 | 891,625 | 764,322 | 702,866 | 691,031 | 687,222 | 645,636 | 623,544 | ||||||||||
Science | 837,346 | 821,502 | 792,962 | 781,712 | 656,302 | 596,146 | 580,930 | 580,520 | 542,668 | 529,810 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 115,694 | 121,116 | 124,944 | 119,500 | 108,804 | 87,870 | 92,058 | 98,832 | 102,538 | 99,828 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14,323 | 19,983 | 16,850 | 16,323 | 15,855 | 19,128 | 20,051 | 16,203 | 15,339 | 19,482 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 10,291 | 11,575 | 12,588 | 12,550 | 12,440 | 12,907 | 13,762 | 12,069 | 11,663 | 15,635 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,032 | 5,953 | 4,262 | 3,773 | 3,415 | 6,221 | 6,289 | 4,134 | 3,676 | 3,847 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 2,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 598,925 | 580,982 | 568,194 | 579,028 | 471,334 | 422,781 | 411,987 | 405,733 | 371,353 | 361,149 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 117,462 | 132,168 | 140,622 | 137,003 | 126,927 | 119,227 | 45,111 | 39,078 | 31,727 | 27,152 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 468,905 | 427,949 | 408,849 | 428,328 | 334,385 | 293,690 | 350,720 | 351,234 | 325,153 | 318,068 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12,558 | 20,865 | 18,723 | 13,697 | 10,022 | 9,864 | 16,156 | 15,421 | 14,473 | 15,929 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,472 | 1,617 | 1,500 | 1,220 | 1,218 | 1,464 | 1,707 | 3,891 | 4,159 | 3,585 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 21,413 | 23,644 | 20,109 | 17,751 | 16,075 | 20,210 | 16,924 | 18,985 | 16,609 | 19,124 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1,225 | 1 | 103 | 27 | 728 | 892 | 827 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 12,687 | 14,232 | 14,258 | 12,180 | 12,856 | 15,831 | 13,984 | 15,194 | 13,707 | 16,012 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 2,965 | 1,433 | 1,427 | 1,611 | 0 | 1,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 5,759 | 5,508 | 4,410 | 2,735 | 3,218 | 3,040 | 2,913 | 3,063 | 2,010 | 2,285 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 2,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 9,837 | 14,234 | 9,153 | 8,241 | 8,618 | 10,137 | 9,935 | 10,059 | 9,642 | 10,488 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 75,520 | 59,926 | 52,212 | 39,649 | 34,390 | 33,595 | 27,941 | 26,657 | 22,835 | 15,911 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 120 | 282 | 223 | 39 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 476 | 1,250 | 1,776 | 2,280 | 1,845 | 12,365 | 9,255 | 5,527 | 1,212 | 758 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 250 | 374 | 341 | 1,138 | 201 | 470 | 839 | 1,137 | 750 | 592 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,326 | 861 | 678 | 234 | 308 | 395 | 1,752 | 1,702 | 6,168 | 1,143 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 72,348 | 57,159 | 49,194 | 35,958 | 32,020 | 20,316 | 16,095 | 18,291 | 14,705 | 13,418 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 961 | 327 | 160 | 193 | 243 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 78,179 | 78,005 | 76,180 | 72,961 | 69,226 | 65,883 | 69,527 | 69,986 | 67,714 | 63,193 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,234 | 1,523 | 1,899 | 1,712 | 1,101 | 2,274 | 1,112 | 1,555 | 1,216 | 1,744 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7,307 | 8,416 | 8,926 | 17,744 | 13,476 | 11,623 | 12,305 | 13,445 | 13,185 | 15,363 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,768 | 3,205 | 4,278 | 2,157 | 3,857 | 4,170 | 9,532 | 7,792 | 7,766 | 7,709 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 13,481 | 7,048 | 7,441 | 4,365 | 7,889 | 6,546 | 3,809 | 2,731 | 3,985 | 3,097 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 40,794 | 42,612 | 39,615 | 33,250 | 27,115 | 26,225 | 28,071 | 30,183 | 27,993 | 22,812 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,528 | 2,425 | 2,377 | 1,846 | 2,350 | 2,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,585 | 6,665 | 7,783 | 6,689 | 5,691 | 4,117 | 4,828 | 4,508 | 5,047 | 3,759 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1,798 | 178 | 2,629 | 1,991 | 1,690 | 1,861 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,480 | 6,111 | 3,861 | 5,178 | 5,949 | 8,496 | 7,241 | 7,781 | 6,832 | 6,848 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 40,040 | 41,691 | 40,541 | 36,952 | 38,794 | 40,837 | 40,574 | 36,716 | 35,254 | 30,541 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,665 | 1,947 | 2,053 | 1,098 | 1,799 | 2,085 | 2,753 | 2,688 | 1,661 | 1,524 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 8,701 | 6,699 | 5,692 | 6,009 | 5,936 | 7,714 | 10,265 | 10,883 | 7,724 | 7,175 | ||||||||||
Education | 9,202 | 9,021 | 9,384 | 5,956 | 7,841 | 7,969 | 6,291 | 7,009 | 6,239 | 6,455 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,022 | 2,804 | 2,822 | 1,693 | 1,489 | 1,903 | 2,475 | 3,641 | 5,614 | 5,943 | ||||||||||
Law | 919 | 1,129 | 1,469 | 2,293 | 1,385 | 1,315 | 2,099 | 2,109 | 2,056 | 2,156 | ||||||||||
Social work | 9,814 | 8,761 | 9,717 | 12,555 | 15,397 | 14,393 | 12,629 | 6,865 | 8,018 | 3,854 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,357 | 4,004 | 3,613 | 3,583 | 4,239 | 4,828 | 3,356 | 3,403 | 2,624 | 3,132 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,360 | 7,326 | 5,791 | 3,765 | 708 | 630 | 706 | 118 | 1,318 | 302 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 955,565 | 574,185 | 14,664 | 179,130 | 61,867 | 56,073 | 69,646 | |||||||
Science | 837,346 | 507,084 | 13,152 | 155,839 | 59,172 | 44,778 | 57,321 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 115,694 | 110,401 | 0 | 2,480 | 1,432 | 302 | 1,079 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14,323 | 8,192 | 940 | 2,432 | 0 | 650 | 2,109 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 10,291 | 6,639 | 62 | 1,682 | 0 | 508 | 1,400 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,032 | 1,553 | 878 | 750 | 0 | 142 | 709 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 598,925 | 328,186 | 10,186 | 129,325 | 53,965 | 32,749 | 44,514 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 117,462 | 82,518 | 740 | 16,006 | 2,474 | 9,558 | 6,166 | |||||||
Health sciences | 468,905 | 235,884 | 9,446 | 112,020 | 51,491 | 22,814 | 37,250 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12,558 | 9,784 | 0 | 1,299 | 0 | 377 | 1,098 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,472 | 1,227 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 63 | 67 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 21,413 | 13,175 | 0 | 3,876 | 1,794 | 388 | 2,180 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Chemistry | 12,687 | 6,787 | 0 | 2,764 | 1,790 | 326 | 1,020 | |||||||
Materials science | 2,965 | 1,327 | 0 | 768 | 4 | 48 | 818 | |||||||
Physics | 5,759 | 5,061 | 0 | 343 | 0 | 14 | 341 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 9,837 | 4,508 | 175 | 2,415 | 16 | 730 | 1,993 | |||||||
Social sciences | 75,520 | 41,252 | 1,851 | 15,187 | 1,965 | 9,886 | 5,379 | |||||||
Anthropology | 120 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 30 | 31 | |||||||
Economics | 476 | 219 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 42 | 97 | |||||||
Political science and government | 250 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 133 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,326 | 36 | 0 | 1,073 | 0 | 55 | 1,162 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 72,348 | 40,997 | 1,851 | 13,820 | 1,965 | 9,759 | 3,956 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 162 | 143 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 78,179 | 51,948 | 890 | 11,921 | 2,435 | 1,378 | 9,607 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,234 | 720 | 0 | 241 | 157 | 0 | 116 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7,307 | 5,975 | 0 | 624 | 53 | 352 | 303 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,768 | 1,975 | 150 | 301 | 165 | 41 | 136 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 13,481 | 3,337 | 74 | 4,717 | 23 | 0 | 5,330 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 40,794 | 31,208 | 646 | 4,238 | 1,160 | 909 | 2,633 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,528 | 2,173 | 20 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,585 | 4,496 | 0 | 510 | 90 | 12 | 477 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,480 | 2,064 | 0 | 1,132 | 786 | 64 | 434 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 40,040 | 15,153 | 622 | 11,370 | 260 | 9,917 | 2,718 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,665 | 986 | 0 | 318 | 0 | 222 | 139 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 8,701 | 586 | 26 | 3,790 | 200 | 3,521 | 578 | |||||||
Education | 9,202 | 3,216 | 119 | 2,749 | 53 | 2,589 | 476 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,022 | 83 | 0 | 1,377 | 0 | 729 | 833 | |||||||
Law | 919 | 739 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 48 | 48 | |||||||
Social work | 9,814 | 6,406 | 431 | 1,395 | 0 | 1,484 | 98 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,357 | 1,505 | 0 | 399 | 7 | 42 | 404 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,360 | 1,632 | 46 | 1,258 | 0 | 1,282 | 142 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 574,185 | 562,120 | 543,607 | 501,893 | 450,204 | 409,516 | 421,227 | 431,430 | 437,813 | 443,842 | ||||||||||
DOD | 126,122 | 130,708 | 133,937 | 127,457 | 86,429 | 74,345 | 75,197 | 79,775 | 92,714 | 83,987 | ||||||||||
DOE | 9,045 | 8,018 | 7,490 | 7,059 | 7,560 | 8,168 | 10,334 | 12,902 | 12,182 | 13,273 | ||||||||||
HHS | 367,995 | 348,029 | 328,895 | 300,761 | 273,513 | 254,261 | 258,428 | 264,308 | 260,828 | 278,763 | ||||||||||
NASA | 3,338 | 2,874 | 2,676 | 3,647 | 4,211 | 4,696 | 4,189 | 4,557 | 3,680 | 4,492 | ||||||||||
NSF | 49,721 | 56,035 | 50,376 | 41,458 | 42,900 | 42,954 | 43,569 | 39,348 | 38,655 | 43,686 | ||||||||||
USDA | 52 | 449 | 650 | 730 | 309 | 601 | 310 | 319 | 468 | 105 | ||||||||||
Other | 17,912 | 16,007 | 19,583 | 20,781 | 35,282 | 24,491 | 29,200 | 30,221 | 29,286 | 19,536 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 11,344 | 1,680 | 9,664 | . | |||
2018 | 8,696 | 1,361 | 7,335 | . | |||
2017 | 6,973 | 1,009 | 5,964 | . | |||
2016 | 6,689 | 927 | 5,762 | . | |||
2015 | 6,395 | 901 | 5,494 | 462 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 1,128 | 1,052 | 1,023 | 997 | 1,125 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 273 | 238 | 237 | 276 | 242 |
Computer and information sciences | 161 | 188 | 84 | 100 | 118 |
Engineering | 226 | 147 | 144 | 133 | 152 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 24 | 78 | 69 | 68 | 31 |
Health sciences | 249 | 237 | 220 | 163 | 276 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 69 | 72 | 64 | 61 | 67 |
Psychology | 16 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
Social sciences | 9 | 46 | 44 | 36 | 14 |
Other | 52 | 23 | 138 | 136 | 202 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 342,113 | . | 45,317 | . | 128,550 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 330,000 | . | 20,945 | . | 128,550 |
Engineering | 10,203 | . | 12,872 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 710 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1,200 | . | 11,500 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 3,581 | 28,955 | 71,880 | 28,596 | 70,470 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 306 | 10,726 | 27,911 | 8,383 | 62,824 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 5,054 | 2,036 | 1,360 |
Engineering | 0 | 3,198 | 21,109 | 7,841 | 5,631 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 683 | 6,259 | 6,060 | 390 |
Health sciences | 2,809 | 7,878 | 4,990 | 0 | 265 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,946 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 5,513 | 4,670 | 1,475 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 956 | 0 | 854 | 0 |
Social sciences | 466 | 0 | 1,888 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.